Half the World in Winter by Maggie Joel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
In 1881 in London, everything changes for the wealthy Jarmyn family. The misfortunes on the railway the family had built echoes the shocking death of nine-year-old Sofia Jarmyn. And at the heart of this family, a terrible secret is tearing their lives apart.
South of Darkness by John Marsden
$39.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The first novel for adults from Australia's master storyteller: John Marsden. Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s.Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is ...Show more
The Margaret Thatcher School of Beauty by Marsha Mehran
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Set in Buenos Aires during the Falklands War, THE MARGARET THATCHER SCHOOL OF BEAUTY is the story of a group of displaced Iranian refugees living in a decaying Beaux Arts building in the city centre. The inhabitants of the building form an eclectic community: a sick ex-prisoner and his daughter, a promi ...Show more
10:04 by Ben Lerner
$27.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
In the past year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child. Now, in a New York of increasingly frequent superstorms and political unrest, he must reckon with his ...Show more
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Vintage International Ser.
An engrossing examination of political and personal life in Central America, from the award-winning author of THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Writing with the economical swiftness and concentrated perception that has made her one of America's most distinguished writers, Joan Didion creates a gleaming nove ...Show more
First Impressions: A Novel by Charlie Lovett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Charlie Lovett first delighted readers with his New York Times bestselling debut, The Bookman's Tale. Now, Lovett weaves another brilliantly imagined mystery, this time featuring one of English literature's most popular and beloved authors, Jane Austen. Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwoo ...Show more
365: Stories by James Robertson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
365 is James Robertson's innovative collection of 365 stories, each 365 words long. In 2013, James Robertson wrote a story every day. Each was exactly 365 words long. A year later, on a daily basis, the stories were published on the Five Dials website. Now the 365 stories are gathered together in one vo ...Show more
Restless by William Boyd
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian emigre living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, includin ...Show more
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
$14.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and new novel Nine Perfect Strangers. "I adored Three Wishes ... fresh, very, very funny ... also intelligent and unsentimental about family dynamics" Marian KeyesThree sisters, one birthday, one little problem ... ...Show more
Yes, Chef! by Lisa Joy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Sassy foodie Becca Stone is over her job taking reservations in one of London's most successful restaurant empires. So when she is unexpectedly catapulted into working as PA to celebrity chef Damien Malone, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Becca is quickly caught up in an exciting whirlwind ...Show more
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
In this eagerly awaited new novel, Lionel Shriver, the Orange Prize-winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, delivers an imaginative and entertaining look at the implications, large and small, of whom we choose to love. Using a playful parallel-universe structure, The ...Show more
The Harder They Come by T. C. Boyle
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Sten Stenson, Vietnam veteran and retired school principal, and his wife, Carolee, are on a cruise in Costa Rica when their coach excursion is hijacked. Sten's military training overtakes him and within moments one of the attackers lies dead. The rest flee and Sten finds himself hailed a hero by the tou ...Show more